Soon, the moat was filled, and Lü Shaozong led the Tang army to advance under the Pusaka city wall, and he shouted: "Brothers, old rules! The first warrior to rush to the head of the city will be rewarded with 300 pieces of silk silk and ten beauties! Rush with me! ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the Tang soldiers lit up, a large number of lightly armed infantry in leather armor, carrying ladders and rope hooks, rushed quickly past the side of the archers, more than 100 ladders more than two zhang high, began to erect the head of Puban City, and the Tang infantry like the tide surging up, they climbed these ladders one after another, they held shields, bitten big knives in their mouths, and climbed towards the city at the fastest speed, and soon, they climbed to half the distance!

At the head of Pusaka City, Yao Junsu was sitting precariously, his eyes slightly closed, listening to the sound of shouting and killing on all sides, and the sound of stepping on the ladder to the city was also clearly audible, his expression gradually became a little nervous, and his breathing became short, and then, he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Hey! ”

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of bangzi at the head of the city, followed by a huge shouting and killing, and the head of the city, where there were not a few figures in sight just now, rushed out from behind the female wall and battlements behind the female wall and battlements, and countless Sui army sergeants rushed out, holding two steel forks in their hands, and they all took the ladder heads of these cloud ladders.

Two or three people held such steel forks, exerting force in unison, and with their roars, these ladders, together with these Tang soldiers who climbed on top of the ladders, were pushed down alive, and these unlucky ladder soldiers fell heavily to the ground, falling dizzy, and some of the weaker guys spit blood in their mouths, and they couldn't climb up.

Then, under the root of the city wall in Puban City, more than 1,000 Sui archers lined up in three columns, and under the cover of the shield soldiers and the command of their respective teams, they began to draw their bows and shoot in the direction of the city.

The head of the city, which was more than three feet high, was easily crossed by their bows and arrows, and even the two-zhang ladders that were many higher than the head of the city and were erected on the battlements of the city head were two or three feet high under these arrows that flew over the head of the city.

Those Tang soldiers who had climbed to a height of seven or eight feet looked up, but saw waves of black and oppressive arrow rain, flying one or two feet above their heads, crossing a huge arc, and falling into the crowd of more than 20 steps behind them.

Outside the city began to sound one after another screams and wails, although the number of more than 1,000 archers was not much, but because the Tang army siege the city too many people, the team was all crowded together, and the Sui army archers were covering the hanging shot, and the rate of fire was very fast, almost continuous, so to the Tang army's siege troops, caused a lot of damage. Most of the light infantry in the back row were brandishing swords and guns, shouting and helping behind, and a sudden rain of arrows shot down three or four hundred people in an instant, and the rest of the people did not dare to shout anymore, they squatted down, leaned tightly together, raised the wooden shield they carried on top of their heads, trembling, shouting, scolding, and praying.

Seeing this, Dugu Huaien snorted: "Order, the infantry speed up to climb the city, give me control of the city as soon as possible, the archers will go forward and shoot and suppress, plus two thousand archers to go up, I will completely suppress the bows and arrows in the city!" ”

More than 3,000 Tang archers, plus more than 2,000 follow-ups, rushed forward, because within fifty steps of the city wall, they were already crowded with infantry, unable to withdraw, they simply stopped forming a queue, all scattered, followed by these infantry, drew bows and arrows, rows of dense arrows, flew over the city wall without interruption, and fell to the position behind the city wall.

Only the sound of "pop pop" was heard endlessly, experienced soldiers could hear it, it was the sound of arrows hitting the shield or door panel, the bows and arrows shot from the city were much more sparse, but still did not stop, obviously, the shield bearers in the city were covering the archers, and taking advantage of the rain of arrows, the archers who drew their bows would drill out of their shields and door panels, and continue to fire arrows outside the city.

More than 100 ladders, instantly knocked down seventy or eighty, and twenty or thirty ladders, were held up by the soldiers under the ladder, did not push away from the city wall for the time being, the top of the platoon soldiers hurriedly climbed two steps up, more than 100 Tang soldiers who were originally bandits simply jumped down, jumped directly on the battlements, threw away the wooden shield in their hands, picked up the big knife, and were about to cut down to the Sui army below.

And on the head of the city, seven or eight branches, more than ten long lances, concentrated on these Tang Army soldiers standing on the battlements of the Tang Army, after all, they are not dead soldiers wearing heavy armor, those leather armor anti-arrows are acceptable, but can not stop such a stab, most of the people, before they have time to cut down the knife, they stabbed the body full of blood holes, screaming and falling down the city, and there are still more than 20 people jumping off the battlements, brandishing big knives, frantically slashing and killing the nearby Jin army, above the city, into a melee.

Zhao Cijing, who was fighting outside the city, frowned deeply, at this time, the archers of the Tang army were shooting against the archers of the Sui army behind the city wall, and did not directly support the city, watching the enemy troops at the head of the city keep pouring up, and the number gradually increased, and the ladder of the side is difficult to fix at the head of the city.

After some of the brave men of the Tang Army fell to the ground, they patted their butts and climbed again, so four or five times, they didn't touch the edge of the city wall, and the dozens of people who finally rushed to the head of the city, because the number was too small, could not hold on to the head of the city for long, they were hacked to death with knives, stabbed to death with guns, and the corpses also became the weapons of the soldiers defending the city.

Zhao Cijing frowned and muttered: "It's not a way to fight like this!" ”

Dugu Huaien is now riding a tiger and is difficult to ride, so he is unwilling to withdraw the army like this, so he asked Qu Tutong: "Jiang Guogong, in your opinion, in terms of the current situation, how is our army good!" ”

Qu Tutong intuitively felt that the troops should be withdrawn, but in order to take into account the face of Dugu Huaien, who was a relative and the main general, he had to say tactfully: "In my opinion, the current situation cannot be opened for the time being, unless our army makes more efforts, it is better to withdraw!" ”

Zhao Cijing's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said: "Can you two lend me the guards for the time being, I will personally take these iron-clad guards to rush in a wave, and let the archers under the city support the city, if it still doesn't work, it's not too late for our army to withdraw!" ”

"General Zhao is worthy of being the son-in-law of the Li clan of Longyou, and he is loyal and brave!" Hearing this, Dugu Huaien was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Order, gather all the generals' personal guards, and hand them over to General Zhao to attack the city!" ”